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Meirelles making 'Love's Labour's Lost'
Published Monday, Jul 21 2008, 14:17 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Director Fernando Meirelles's next film will be a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.
The Brazil-born helmer, whose credits include City Of God, The Constant Gardener and the Cannes opener Blindness, will transport the play to New York and London and follow a South American boy who gets a scholarship to study Shakespeare abroad.
Meirelles told Reuters: "Shakespeare is a heavy drug. The more you read, the more you want to read. Each line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are."
Jorge Furtado has penned the Love's Labour's Lost screenplay.
The Brazil-born helmer, whose credits include City Of God, The Constant Gardener and the Cannes opener Blindness, will transport the play to New York and London and follow a South American boy who gets a scholarship to study Shakespeare abroad.
Meirelles told Reuters: "Shakespeare is a heavy drug. The more you read, the more you want to read. Each line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are."
Jorge Furtado has penned the Love's Labour's Lost screenplay.
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